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I personally love the feel of number2 Keith, probably because it incorporates the water landscape from where it was washed up from

*the base of that would go nicely in my Amazon dream tank*

Last edited by RustyBlade at 09-Dec-2004 22:14

Heidi tell Leslie to copy the photo and use it as a backing.
Where these logs are one person wants to move them to another part of the island. The only way will be on the king tides in the monsonal season, then tow them if that is possible as they will also have to support them with a lot of floation.

Keith

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I'm in love with those shots...my favorite though was #4...Definitely need a bigger tank Of course to get them home would be an adventure also...Leslie is looking for driftwood, mind if I tell her to come borrow some of these pieces for her little tank? Heidi

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Curare

Those were taken with my Nikon 4500 Digital in colour. I also have a UV lens cover this seens to help a lot. Unless you have shot in the tropics close to the ocean it is difficult to realize the glare that is all around you. Many 35mm cameras get what they call a lens fungus from the extremly high humidity
One press of the button on Adobe Elements (very similar to Adobe photoshop) instant B&W. The camera shop done very little adjustments if any at all.

Yes I have used a red filter with a B&W film for the daughters wedding it cuts out all the reflection glare.

Keith

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Nice pix Keith!

Just as dumb question? Were they shot on black and white film?

IF so, next time you're doing stuff like that add a red filter to the lens and see how much more contrast you get.

It's really suprising.

Babel has a eye for decent shots

I have just had numbers 2 & 3 enlarged to 270x200mm. With much deliberation we ( a professional photographer) decided they would be the best to enlarge.

Using profesional equipment they both appeared as if to be shot in B&W. After developing one photographer thought I used a 35mm camera.

Thank you all for the imput and now to choose a suitable frame/s, possibly a black matt finish black metalic frame, with either a black or white mounting.

Keith

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I like no. 2 best with the perspective lines created by the horizon, the beach and the tree. No. 4 would be my second choice. Stunning shots ofbeautiful wood, Keith.

Babelfish

Thank you very much. As far as reshooting to give you an idea where I was have a look at the map of OZ then go further north half way to New Guinea and a wisker north east and that is about where the island is. I live down the bottom in Victoria. about 6hrs flight involving three types of aircraft big, small and realy small.

I will copy your photos and work from there.

Again thank you
keith

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Cropping and matting a bit gets us...


I'd use these two together...framed seperate of course....


This one I swear would rock as a background ....It'd be quite amusing to have the fish swimming on the beach :%).


If you were able to reshoot this and throw out the background I think it'd be much more dramatic, best I could do quickly in photoshop.



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Last edited by Babelfish at 11-Dec-2004 03:17

I like #2. It has the nice ocean background, and you can see the nice roots, without seeing the backs of them where it's all chunky looking. It looks a lot smoother than the others. In #4, I can't even really tell what it is. And that isn't in a good way

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It's the most pleasing and interesting one to look at.

Those are fantastic pics

Really difficult to choose a favorite. I'm split between #2 and #4.

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I found these pieces on the beach of Poruma Island on the tropical Island in the Torris Straits. Just north of the tip of Aust. This is where I spent a week fishing and relaxing at the top of the Great Barrier Reef

I thought they were excellent in shape and form but just too big to carry home and add to my tank.

These pieces apprently drift from rivers New Guinea after the huge tropical storms. As you can see boating at night in these areas can be rather dangerious.

I am considering getting one of these photos enlarged which do you consider the best to be done.

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I vote for no. 3...I like the shadow.

Hope you had a relaxing time (sans the sunburn)



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I'll admit more than once I've seen a fallen piece of wood that would look just amazing in a tank... if only I had one large enough

Photowise, I tend to agree with Frank, the last ones your best bet...you almost don't quite know what it is @first look and it pulls you in until you do figure it out.

#3 is my fav however, a high res scan (if it wasn't shot digital) and throw out the background so that you can't quite see where the tree ends, and a crop right where the tree meets the sand in the foreground would be just :88).

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Last edited by Babelfish at 09-Dec-2004 10:02

Hi,
In looking at one of the photos for enlargment and probable
framing, I would use the last one, head on into the remains
of the root system. That would be a dynamic and strong
picture. The others, showing that it was a fallen tree
are not (IMO) powerful enough and spoil the dramatic
roots in that they explain what it is. Were there a
shot of several upright trees, dead, with the root system
exposed, then a shot showing that they were trees in that
condition, would be a stark and powerful shot.
Singularly, as it is, I think the head on shot of the
exposed roots is more powerful.

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mrwelvrig

Thank you for your comments. Which ever one I get enlarged it will be done by a professional photography shop.

Keith

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I like #2. I think the trunk begining out of frame, the large back ground area plus the clouds adds a lot of dimention and texture.
Second place would go to #3. It's a little washed out, but the root section reminds me of a camp fire. I kind of like tree with enough "chutzpa" to emulate a fire.
PhotoShop-ing a little empasis on the flame looking parts might be a fun project. (I think I've seen you do some work on a few pics here.)
Hope this helped.

Last edited by mrwelvrig at 09-Dec-2004 00:29

we have a TON of those at a lake that's about 2hrs away, but i did find a REALLY nice piece that could be put in a 180g tank, it would however fill the entire lenght of the tank and most of the width and height